Pierce, Randall Dale 1948-2015

PIERCE, MCKEEVER, SASS, WEIRICK, EVERETT, SMITH, WILLIAMSON

Posted By: Volunteer Transcriber
Date: 9/10/2015 at 15:25:55

Randall Dale Pierce, 67, of Colfax, died Saturday, Sept. 5, 2015. A funeral service will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday, Sept. 11 at the First Baptist Church in Colfax. Burial will follow at McKeever Cemetery. Visitation will be from 2 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 10 at the church. The family will greet friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Memorials may be directed to the Colfax Historical Museum or the International Lyme and Associated Diseases Society. Condolences may be left for the family at www.coburnfneralhomes.com.

The son of Park and Norma (McKeever) Pierce, Randy was born March 25, 1948, in Des Moines. He attended Northeast Missouri State University on a football scholarship. On Oct. 11, 1969, he married Linda Sass. On March 30, 2008, he married Brenda Weirick. Randy worked as a supervisor at Maytag until his retirement in 2006. He then worked at the Monroe Table Company in Colfax and farmed. Randy loved to hunt and fish. He even raised champion English Setters. His most enjoyable thing to do, however, was to watch his grandchildren’s events.

Those left to honor his memory include his wife, Brenda of Colfax; two sons, Chad (Tammi) Pierce and Tim (Heather) Pierce both of Gladbrook; step children, Jordan (David) Everett of Batavia, Ohio, Bradley Smith of Columbia, Mo., George Smith of Cedar Rapids and Alyson Williamson of Des Moines; three grandchildren, Zach, Tyler and Arianna; and a brother, Ron (Michelle) Pierce of Council Bluffs.

Preceding him in death were his parents; a son, Eric; and a sister, Roxann. ~ The Coburn Funeral Home, Colfax, Iowa 5 Sept 2015.